Gertrude Stein Quote

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can accept it or reject it.


"How Writing is Written," Choate Literary Magazine (February 1935) - How Writing Is Written: Previously Uncollected Writings, vol.II (1974)


The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can...

The contemporary thing in art and literature is the thing which doesn't make enough difference to the people of that generation so that they can...